Bike makers are gearing up; Cycle Show finds electricity charging the air

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The Taipei International Cycle Show highlighted electric bicycles or bicycles that are powered partly by rechargeable batteries. Electric bike dealers are enthusiastic about the future of the product which is expected to propel the industry worldwide. One of the largest bicycle makers in the world, Giant Manufacturing Co, has put two new models of the electric bike on display in front of its booth at the Taipei World Trade Center. It is expected that electric bike sales will increase by 50% to 900,000 units in 1999.

Taiwan, Marketing procedures, Motorcycle, Bicycle, and Parts Manufacturing, Product Test Marketing, Bicycles & Parts, Exhibitions, Design and construction, Electric vehicles, Bicycles

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In Taipei, sex-trade rebound is uncertain

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The once-thriving sex industry of Taipei, Taiwan, might not resume despite the defeat of former Mayor Chen Shui-bian, the man responsible for closing over 400 brothels and other establishments used for the illicit trade. Shui-bian's defeat at the hands of Nationalist Party candidate Ma Ying-jeou in the Dec 1998 mayoralty elections was expected to bring back prostitution to the city. A society that is more open about sexual issues is seen as the reason behind the decline in Taiwan's flesh trade.

Hong Kong, Prostitution, Social aspects, Social policy, Sex oriented businesses, Taipei, Taiwan

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